Microsoft “is adding iPhone support to its Phone Link app on Windows 11” according to a blog post from Microsoft. Typically, iMessage has been a locked down environment that non-Apple devices are unable to use because Apple doesn’t play nice with others. But there are limitations:
Once the guided installation completes and your iPhone is paired to your PC and the right permissions given, Phone Link will deliver basic iOS support for calls, messages, and contacts. This means you will be notified directly through your Windows notifications. Phone Link does not support replying to group messages or sending media in messages.
That’s not exactly great. But the fact that any level of support for iMessage on a non-Apple device is something. At present, a small group of people who are part of the Windows Insider program has access to this, but it may expand and may get access to this feature which to be clear, is a beta. But the key thing to think about is that you have to wonder what Apple is going to do to stop this. You have to imagine that people at Apple Park can’t be happy about this, and will do everything they can to break this support long before it hits the streets for the general public. That way, Apple users have to stay in Apple’s really pretty, but really restrictive walled garden.
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Microsoft Is Adding iMessage To Windows 11…. With Limitations
Microsoft “is adding iPhone support to its Phone Link app on Windows 11” according to a blog post from Microsoft. Typically, iMessage has been a locked down environment that non-Apple devices are unable to use because Apple doesn’t play nice with others. But there are limitations:
Once the guided installation completes and your iPhone is paired to your PC and the right permissions given, Phone Link will deliver basic iOS support for calls, messages, and contacts. This means you will be notified directly through your Windows notifications. Phone Link does not support replying to group messages or sending media in messages.
That’s not exactly great. But the fact that any level of support for iMessage on a non-Apple device is something. At present, a small group of people who are part of the Windows Insider program has access to this, but it may expand and may get access to this feature which to be clear, is a beta. But the key thing to think about is that you have to wonder what Apple is going to do to stop this. You have to imagine that people at Apple Park can’t be happy about this, and will do everything they can to break this support long before it hits the streets for the general public. That way, Apple users have to stay in Apple’s really pretty, but really restrictive walled garden.
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